rim
rim [rim rims rimmed rimming] noun, verb BrE [rɪm] NAmE [rɪm]
noun
1. the edge of sth in the shape of a circle
•He looked at them over the rim of his glass.
•The rims of her eyes were red with crying.
•spectacles with gold rims
2. the metal edge of a wheel onto which the tyre is fixed
3. -rimmedadjective having a particular type of rim
•gold-rimmed spectacles
•red-rimmed eyes (= for example, from crying)
see also ↑horn-rimmed
Word Origin:
Old English rima ‘a border, coast’; compare with Old Norse rimi ‘ridge, strip of land’ (the only known cognate).
Example Bank:
•She watched him steadily over the rim of her cup.
•The plate had a mark on the rim.
•metal wheel rims
•on the outer rim of the solar system
verb (-mm-)often passive ~ sth (formal)
to form an edge around sth
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Old English rima ‘a border, coast’; compare with Old Norse rimi ‘ridge, strip of land’ (the only known cognate).
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